Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754480AbYLCRnn (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:43:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751622AbYLCRnV (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:43:21 -0500 Received: from g4t0014.houston.hp.com ([15.201.24.17]:39651 "EHLO g4t0014.houston.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751392AbYLCRnU (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:43:20 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:43:18 -0700 From: Alex Chiang To: Rolf Eike Beer Cc: Trent Piepho , "Darrick J. Wong" , linux-kernel , Jesse Barnes , linux-pci , Matthew Wilcox , gregkh@suse.de Subject: Re: Problems with fakephp Message-ID: <20081203174318.GB26130@ldl.fc.hp.com> Mail-Followup-To: Alex Chiang , Rolf Eike Beer , Trent Piepho , "Darrick J. Wong" , linux-kernel , Jesse Barnes , linux-pci , Matthew Wilcox , gregkh@suse.de References: <20081126074808.GE6539@plum> <20081203043804.GA26130@ldl.fc.hp.com> <200812031822.57197.eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200812031822.57197.eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1258 Lines: 39 * Rolf Eike Beer : > Alex Chiang wrote: > > I think the way forward is: > > > > - merge in the function level hotplug patch > > Sorry that I don't get the point. To PCI Hotplug core or to fakephp? I was talking about Trent's patch to add the "remove" attribute to the pci-sysfs. Not fakephp. > > - wholesale replacement of fakephp with new fakephp > > - schedule new fakephp for deprecation > ^^^ > > I don't think so. If we get function level reset as part of the PCI core, then I don't see what fakephp offers us anymore. > > - encourage anyone who wants function level hotplug to > > use the 'remove' attribute > > > > Thoughts? Jesse, Willy, Eike, Greg? > > Oh yes, let's start using dummyphp ;) That one already handled > the rescan long ago. But I think it's a bit outdated at the > moment, I haven't touched it for month. Looks like I need to > bring it back to live. I take it you are not impressed with my proposal? Care to explain why not? /ac -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/